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mains'ls

mains'ls is the plural of mains'l.

Meaning of mains'l

Noun

mains'l (plural mains'ls)

  1. (colloquial) A mainsail.
    • Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC

Questions about mains'ls

What is mains'ls the plural of?
Mains'ls is the plural of mains'l.

Words near mains'ls in the dictionary

  1. mainprizing
  2. Mainpuri
  3. mains
  4. mains hum
  5. mains'l
  6. mains'ls
  7. mainsail
  8. mainsails
  9. mainsborne
  10. mainshaft
  11. mainshafts

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